1,237 first-hand accounts of flood events in Arizona, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Strong monsoon thunderstorms developed during the late evening hours across portions of southern Gila County and they affected the areas around Globe and Miami. The primary weather hazards that developed were very heavy rainfall, flash flooding, and gusty damaging winds.
Read the full account →Several thunderstorms over a period of 3 days lead to flash flooding in Cataract Canyon/Havasu Canyon. The flooding lasted several days and caused damage to a few homes in the Village of Supai. There was extensive damage to Havasu Canyon and the campground below the village.
Read the full account →Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms overspread much of south central Arizona during the afternoon and evening hours on August 2nd.
Read the full account →Very moist and rather unstable conditions were present across south-central Arizona on July 23rd and as a result, scattered monsoon thunderstorms developed across higher terrain areas to the east of Phoenix.
Read the full account →Deep moisture, some of it tropical in nature, interacted with a pair of upper level low pressure systems and led to the development of widespread rain and isolated thunderstorms across south-central Arizona during the evening hours on the 20th.
Read the full account →Isolated to scattered monsoon thunderstorms developed across portions of the greater Phoenix area during the afternoon hours on July 30th. Some of the stronger storms produced very heavy rainfall, with peak rain rates in excess of 1.5 inches per hour.
Read the full account →Scattered showers and thunderstorms continued to develop across the central portions of La Paz County during the very early morning hours on September 24th. Some of the storms generated heavy rain with peak rain rates in excess of one inch per hour.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms that passed across southwest Maricopa County during the evening hours on July 29th produced locally heavy rainfall in addition to very strong and damaging wind.
Read the full account →Moisture had started to increase across portions of southwest Arizona on September 8th ahead of Hurricane Linda, which was still well off to the south of Arizona.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with very heavy rain developed across portions of southern Gila County during the late morning and early afternoon hours on July 11th. Some of the storms affected the area around Globe, including the Pinal burn scar.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed across portions of La Paz County during the very early morning hours on July 18th. Even though the early morning hours typically limit the strength of thunderstorms, isolated stronger storms were able to generate both gusty damaging outflow…
Read the full account →Widespread monsoon thunderstorms developed across the greater Phoenix metropolitan area during the evening hours on August 23rd; the storms brought typical weather hazards to the area including urban flooding and flash flooding, gusty and damaging outflow winds and one inch…
Read the full account →Isolated thunderstorms with heavy rain developed across the far northwest portions of La Paz County during the late afternoon and early evening hours on October 3rd.
Read the full account →Widespread monsoon thunderstorms developed across the greater Phoenix metropolitan area during the evening hours on August 23rd; the storms brought typical weather hazards to the area including urban flooding and flash flooding, gusty and damaging outflow winds and one inch…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with locally heavy rain developed over portions of southern Yuma County during the late afternoon and early evening hours on August 16th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with locally heavy rain developed across the far southern portion of Yuma County during late afternoon and early evening hours on August 16th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across the higher terrain of eastern Arizona during the afternoon hours on July 9th, and they gradually spread westward and into the lower elevations of south-central Arizona during the evening hours.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms continued to develop across the central and southeast portions of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area during the very early morning hours on August 10th. Very heavy rainfall was associated with these storms, slightly unusual given the time of day.
Read the full account →Copious amounts of tropical moisture spread north into the south-central deserts during the morning hours on October 2nd. The moisture was associated with the remnants of former hurricane Rosa.
Read the full account →Copious amounts of tropical moisture spread north into the south-central deserts during the morning hours on October 2nd. The moisture was associated with the remnants of former hurricane Rosa.
Read the full account →The monsoon high broke down over Arizona late in August with a trough setting up over the southwest U.S. leading to southwest flow over the state. Tropical moisture was able to push up the Gulf of California into Arizona under this setup.
Read the full account →A large Pacific low pressure system brought considerable moisture to the central deserts on February 28th, and as a result there was considerable urban and small stream flooding as well as numerous flowing washes.
Read the full account →Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed across the greater Phoenix area during the morning hours on August 13th and they produced locally heavy rainfall which led to a number of flash flooding episodes that affected communities such as Surprise, Glendale and Tempe.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with locally heavy rain developed across portions of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area during the afternoon hours on August 2nd.
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